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| DATE | 2003-02-09 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [fairuse] Re: [Marketing] Re: [hangout] Re: Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU
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> Here in Denmark we had an Open Source Conference held by the ministry of
> science.
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>
Strangly enough, while it is entertaining to catch MS with their pants down,
I'm not really concerned about making MS look foolish. I've been accused
in this thread of being an Anti-MS zeolot. In truth, I don't care about
MS at all. I'm not proposing that we storm PC World with protests. I'm
strictly interested in MS's record with regard to Free Software, and if their
contribution at egovos is benificial to the NYLXS membership or the if MS can
positively contribute to presenting the political case necessary to convince
government to adopt FS broadly.
MS fails the first condition, making the second one irrelevent.
MS is not a contributer to Open Source or Free Software, and should have been
summarly rejected as a presenter on that basis alone. They are simply not qualified
to make a presentation at the event. The time they use yaking to the Press and the
Conference and to particpants is better allocated to an organization with a real stake
in the development of Free Software and it's broad adoption in business and government.
They should be as quickly summarly reject as McDonolds would be. In fact, since they
are against the adoption of Free Software, the rejection should be that much faster.
It is Bruce's contention that MS deserves some sort of special treament. But no case
for this is being made. Microsoft hasn't EARNED their way onto the panel and a different
criteria is being used to evaluate their participation than other legitimate FS groups which
have real FS products and services to pitch. This is bad for my membership.
Ruben
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